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▪ I. ˈstutter, n.1 Obs. exc. dial.
[f. stut v.1 + -er1. (Cf. stoter n.1)]
= stutterer.
1529Rastell Pastyme (1811) 79 Lews the Stutter [= Louis the stammerer]. 1530Palsgr. 277/2 Stuttar, besgu. 1547Boorde Brev. Health xli. 21 If it [sc. stuttering] do come with beying in the company of a stutter or stamerer, a man must refrayne the company of a stutter. 1560Bible (Geneva) Isa. xxxii. 4 The tongue of the stutters shalbe ready to speake distinctly. a1618Sylvester Little Bartas 988 The Spirit..Which..Gives Stutters Tongues, & makes the bash⁓full bold. 1626Bacon Sylva §386 Many Stutters..are vary Cholericke Men. 1825Jamieson Stuter.
▪ II. stutter, n.2|ˈstʌtə(r)|
[f. stutter v.]
An act or a habit of stuttering. Also transf.
1854Surtees Handley Cr. iii. (1901) I. 20 After a long string of stutters, he [the would-be orator] slunk back into the crowd amid the laughter and applause of the company. 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect I. 119 He had an awkward impediment of speech, not quite a stutter. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. 253 Attempting even some stutter of apology which made matters worse. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 451 Suddenly the stumbling-block is removed,..and the subsequent words tumble out rapidly..until checked by a fresh stutter. 1974C. Ryan Bridge Too Far iv. vi. 263 As he neared the ground the stutter of machine guns and the dull thud of mortar bursts seemed to engulf him. 1981M. E. Atkins Palimpsest ii. 12 The car engine—with..the merest apology of stutter—cut out completely.
attrib.1878tr. von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. XIV. 836 Schulthess compared the stutter-spasm to the convulsive movements of photophobia and hydrophobia.
▪ III. stutter, v.|ˈstʌtə(r)|
[Freq. f. stut v.1: see -er5. Equivalent forms in other Teut. langs. are MDu. stoteren (Du. stotteren), MLG. stoteren (mod.LG. stötern), mod.G. stottern (from LG.), Sw. dial. stutra, Norw. stotra (Ross).
The late date of the appearance of the word in Eng. is remarkable; possibly the frequentative formation was suggested by the Du. form.]
1. a. intr. To speak with continued involuntary repetition of sounds or syllables, owing to excitement, fear, or constitutional nervous defect; to stammer.
1570Levins Manip. 79/7 To stutter, titubare. 1586B. Young Guazzo's Civ. Conv. iv. 187 b, All the companie laughed at this word (Aripistus) who stuttering, and against his will, hastelie spake it. 1598Marston Sco. Villanie To Judicial Perusers B 4 b, I dare defend my plainnes gainst the veriuyce face of the crabbed'st Satyrist that euer stuttered. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. i. iv. 77 Those that stutter and are balde, will be soonest melancholy. 1686Lond. Gaz. No. 2128/4 James Wybert, a well-proportioned tall man,..stutters much in his speech,..went away..with a chestnut coloured Horse. 1711J. Greenwood Engl. Gram. 31 He had taught..several of our own Countrymen who stutter'd extreamly. 1730Swift Traulus i, And though you hear him stut-tut-tut-ter, He barks as fast as he can utter. 1764Foote Patron ii. ii, This gentleman has..a small natural infirmity; he stutters a little. 1856J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) I. 6, I..stuttered; for..I had a most distressing impediment in my speech. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 452 Several patients always stuttered on the initial letter if the word subsequently contained an r, which they pronounced as w.
b. transf. and fig.
1831Scott Jrnl. 5 Apr., I have a hideous paralytic custom of stuttering with my pen. 1911[see stuttering vbl. n.]. 1931Nordhoff & Hall Falcons in France 236 Guns were stuttering faintly on every side. 1935J. Steinbeck Tortilla Flat ii. 26 The lawyer..climbed into his Ford and stuttered down the hill. 1963Times 11 Feb. 4/1 Meanwhile, the F.A. Cup stutters forward, step by step. 1976Scottish Rev. Summer 8 Tractors stutter in and out of fields.
2. trans. To say or speak with a stutter. Also with out and fig.
c1645Howell Lett. (1655) IV. vii. 16 The Pagan Poet who stutter'd out this verse, that ther are but two good hours of any woman. 1709[W. King] Usef. Trans. Philos. Mar. & Apr. 42 The Eloquence of the Vice-Roy..who stutters Gibberish of the Author's own Composing. 1849James Woodman x, He attempted to stutter some vain excuses. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xvii. IV. 7 The nonsense stuttered by the tipsy nobles of the Empire. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. ii. 178 The brave and reckless prince, who could not speak French, and only stuttered German. 1929Oxford Poetry 12 And the map stutters inarticulate lines.
▪ IV. stutter
var. of stotter v. dial., to walk hesitatingly or staggeringly.
1845S. Judd Margaret ii. viii, I stuttered up to No. 4 yesterday arter the funeral. 1875G. Jacque Hope etc. 194 And age took up its staff and stuttered out, To see what all the hubbub was about. |